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Part VI · Entitlement of a Victim of Crime or Witness to Obtain Protection

26. Protection to be provided by law enforcement authorities and public officers

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

A law enforcement authority or any public officer, who has reasonable grounds to believe that a victim of crime or a witness requires assistance or protection from any possible harm, threat, reprisal, retaliation or intimidation in attending and participating in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, such law enforcement authority or the public officer shall forthwith issue a communication to that effect to the Authority and to the Division.

Read on from s 27

Part VII

Compensation

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Part VIII

Testimony Through Audio-Visual Linkage

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Part IX

General

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Schedules